192 Lieut. Irwin's Memoir of Afghanistan. [No. 98. 



Malgeen. 

 215. In this country, which belongs to the Southern Khutuks, 

 the chief subsistence is from tillage; near Malgeen there is more 

 rubbee, and wheat is the chief crop ; but near Toree, which lies 

 on the road to Bunnoo, the khureef is greater, and bajra the chief 

 crop. Very few of the fields are irrigated, some bajra is said to be 

 exported to Bunnoo, and a great part of the kingdom is supplied 

 with salt dug in this district ; the trade of salt is chiefly in the 

 hands of strangers. The villages are generally small, and there is 

 much waste; for fuel they use shrubs, and they drink from 

 streams, springs, and tanks. In the quarter of Toree are some 

 wells; cows are the chief stock; bullock&and camels perhaps the 

 chief carriage. The natives live in flat roofed houses ; those who 

 visit the neighbouring hills in summer, use, I believe, partly 

 black tents, and partly rude sheds of shrubs and grass. 



Bunnoo. 

 216. Bunnoo is an agricultural country, and is well cultiva- 

 ted and peopled. The khureef is the chief crop, and barley, rice, 

 maize, and wheat are said to be the chief products. Some rice 

 and coarse sugar are exported, some wheat and bajra imported. 

 The villages are very numerous, but small. All the lands are 

 watered from branches of the Koorm, but some of the natives 

 drink from wells. Timber is cheap, being brought down on the 

 river, and the houses are flat roofed. For fuel they burn both 

 wood and dung; straw is cheap; provisions are cheaper than 

 at Peshawur. Bullocks are the chief carriage; cows and buffaloes 

 are kept to an equal value. The turmerick of Bunnoo is ex- 

 ported to all quarters. There are no wastes except on the fron- 

 tiers of this district. 



Eesa Khel. 

 217- This is a narrow district, but is well cultivated by 

 independent farmers. It is best peopled towards the Koorm, 

 where they water the lands from a cut they have drawn 

 from that river. In the northern quarter towards Kalabagh, 

 the lands are lulm, but have the advantage of khwurs. In 

 neither is it easy to find a well. The natives drink from the 



